picaresque
adjective/ˌpɪkəˈresk/
/ˌpɪkəˈresk/
(formal)- connected with literature that describes the adventures of a person who is sometimes dishonest but easy to like
- a picaresque novel
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Spanish picaresco, from pícaro ‘rogue’.
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